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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:05:47 EST
- From: Tony R. Marasco <TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <93007.190547TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.howard-stern
- Subject: Re: Call letters
- References: <93006.233728TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu>
- <1993Jan7.171305.3792@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- In the note,"Re: Call letters",
- melissa@spanky.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Melissa Probst) writes:
- >
- >In article <93006.233728TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu> Tony R. Marasco
- ><TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >>1) I work in radio and Howard is right. People have no idea to what they
- >> listen. I have people argue that my station is doing something that
- >> the competition is. Therefore, anything semi-vague in a poll could
- >> show incorrect results.
- >
- >However, KLAX is a spanish radio station so I would think people would
- >realize the difference.
-
- On an Arbitron rating you see call letters and frequencies. Content is
- not relevant to the ratings people. Two stations here, WPPA and WPAM,
- are not on the same location nor do the call letters resemble each other
- that much. However, people call 1450 asking for 1360 and vice versa...
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- | Tony Marasco | "Questions are a burden for others. |
- | Penn State University | Answers are a prison for oneself." |
- | Schuylkill Haven, PA 17976 | - The Prisoner |
- | trm900@psuvm.psu.edu |
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